The first practical gas operated machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in the UK in the early 1890s. The first one to go into production was the Browning M1895 'Potato Digger' in 1895 in the US.
They wwere not. They were invented many years earlier. Why were they used? Because they were effective weapons.
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
All of the major players possessed machine guns by the outbreak of the war.
No
Machine guns were in use BEFORE WW 1. They were around for the entire war.
They were mainly invented for world war I in 1914
The first machine gun was the gatling gun, invented in 1861 There were a variety of multi barrelled guns invented prior to this, but they are not considered to be machine guns.
Most of the parties involved already had machine guns in their inventory prior to the outbreak of the First World War.
It wasn't soldiers who invented machine guns.
They wwere not. They were invented many years earlier. Why were they used? Because they were effective weapons.
1884 for machine guns.
Yes, they did have machine guns in WW2
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
Every country
All of them.
They were not yet invented- did not exist.
Answer One of the most poplar machine guns was the Maxim, which was named after its inventor.